History fiction is an interesting genre. You know the basic facts, but do not real people's feelings. A talented author goes much deeper than historians and tries to tell the story from another point of view. A human point. "The Other Boleyn Girl" by Philippa Gregory is filled with human emotions, expectations and feelings. These real, human feelings are just as simple as yours and mine, but they changed the history.
Anne, Mary's sister has just betrayed her. She is trying to seduce the King into marrying her. You can imagine what Mary's feelings are. She is angered just the same as Anne was at the beginning. Her parents on the other hand are happy since their first plan was to make Anne the Queen. Mary does not give up so easily and she is trying to seduce the King as well, still hoping to become the Queen. In this book, there is not even one chapter that doesn't introduce you to a new conflict. For example, one chapter is about the rivalry between Mary and Anne, another chapter is about an unknown person, who poisoned the Cardinal. Later in the book we learned that Henry, the King, desperately needed a heir for the throne. Everyone is looking to fulfill his or her selfish needs. Just as today.
There are no easy answers at the time. People's emotions are running high again and become the reasons for their actions. The people hate Anne because she kicked out the Queen Katherine from her throne. Mary is angry at Anne and hopeful that the King will spot her again. The Boleyn family is both happy by Anne's progress but angry at Mary for just forgetting about the Boleyn family promise. What a exciting story! I love the history fiction.
Daniel, you basically retold the story the story, write about what you think about the story!!
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